Re:PHP, python, perl, ruby - which to use?
by chromatic on Saturday June 18, 2011 @03:20AM
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in 2011 I can now safely say "Don't use Perl."
Really? In the past 18 months I've (very conservatively) doubled my productivity at least twice thanks to improvements in the Perl ecosystem. The only reason I'd tell someone "Don't use Perl" is if I didn't want competition.
Perl is fantastic and I love it.
For a lot of workloads, though, Python is better or equivalent, and probably easier to find devs for.
Re:PHP, python, perl, ruby - which to use?
by ccashell on Saturday June 18, 2011 @01:06PM
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Careful with that assumption. In my experience on a recent project, finding Perl developers was a good bit easier than finding Python developers. Generally, though, I think both are pretty prevalent.
The only problem I've had with Perl programmers is that a lot of the more casual Perl programmers (those who aren't exclusively Perl) tend to not keep up with the (significant and important) advances in Perl from the last 2-3 years.
As much as I've loved it for many years, in 2011 I can now safely say "Don't use Perl."
Python and ruby are probably both acceptable, though I personally don't like ruby very much. You'd be hard pressed to go wrong using Python, considering the widespread adoption and flexibility inherent in the language.
Oh, and one more time just to be sure you got it: Don't use PHP.